Creek Clayworks is having their 25th anniversary Christmas pottery sale and studio open house on Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 21 and 22, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. both days. Elaine Futterman and Mike Allegretti invite you to help celebrate this milestone in the Studio at 1738 Lockyer Rd. in Roberts Creek. The Studio will be completely filled with pottery and you’ll find new designs, colours and surface treatments incorporated into new work from the salt kiln. Enjoy cookies and coffee while finding out more about the techniques Futterman and Allegretti use. For more information, call 604-885-2395 or see www.creekclayworks.ca
More pottery
Forst Pottery Studio hosts a Christmas open house and sale on Nov. 21 and 22 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Pat Forst’s studio at 1040 Chamberlin Rd., Gibsons. She will be showing a selection of pottery, ceramic murals and sculpture. You can also sign up for classes with the experienced potter. See www.forststudio.com for more.
Music Makers
The Music Makers fall concert is coming up on Sunday, Nov. 22 at 2 p.m. at St. John’s United Church in Davis Bay. Admission is by donation. Performers are the Guitar Gang, Fee Fie Fiddle with Sara Fitzpatrick, Reg and Lynne Dickson, The Jingles, Definitely Diva, Ashley Hautala and the Adult Choir.
More Joni
This Friday night, Nov. 20, stop by Gibsons Public Art Gallery at 7 p.m. for music and poetry by local people all inspired by Joni Mitchell. On Saturday, Nov. 21 at 2 p.m. the initiator of this special tribute show, Pat Drope, will read her poem, Golden Troubador, and Sandy Wrightman will talk about Joni – Narrating Our Lives.
The gallery invites visitors to have fun by taking photos of themselves in the front seat of the big yellow taxi (Joni is larger than life in the back seat) and sending the selfies to Facebook or Twitter or to the Gallery ([email protected]).
Film
The SC Film Society presents The Edge of Heaven, a German/Turkish/Italian drama by director Faith Akin (English subtitles). After Ali accidentally kills a prostitute, his son leaves Germany to search for the woman’s adult daughter in Istanbul. Winner of more than 30 film awards, including best screenplay at Cannes, this is a complex and compelling tale about fractured families, dislocated cultures and the hope that comes from sacrifice. It screens on Sunday, Nov. 22 at 2 p.m. at the Sechelt Seniors Centre, 5604 Trail Ave. ($5 members, $9 single event.)
Van Django
The Pender Harbour Music Society presents Van Django, returning to Pender Harbour for a concert guaranteed to delight on Sunday, Nov. 22, at 2 p.m. Imagine 1930s Paris when Stéphane Grappelli and Django Reinhardt played American jazz blended with pulsing gypsy rhythms – that’s gypsy jazz. See www.penderharbourmusic.ca for ticket information.
Beauty/Truth
A Gift of Beauty is a hands-on art class at the Arts Building in Gibsons titled What is Beauty? Is it Truth? Art therapist Rose Clarke leads people through simple powerful expressive art exercises to create their “inner I” images of beauty. All sorts of art media are provided. It’s on Sunday, Nov. 22 from 2 to 5 p.m. Register using Paypal at www.artsbuilding.org. Contact 604-886-9129 or see www.roseclarke.com
Fibres Plus
This Friday and Saturday, Nov. 20 and 21, is the annual Fibres Plus Sale, 4 to 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Sunshine Coast Arts Centre, Sechelt. Guild members do spinning, dyeing, weaving, knitting and felting. This year they share in the traditions of fibre arts with Sechelt First Nations. Admission by donation. Contact Deanna Pilling or Joan Fletcher at 604-885-4365 or 604-886-7624.
Opera
On Saturday, Nov. 21 at 9:30 a.m., the Met Opera series continues live by satellite at the Raven’s Cry Theatre, Sechelt, with Lulu by Berg. Acclaimed artist and director William Kentridge applies his unique theatrical vision to Berg’s notorious femme fatale who shatters lives, including her own. The masterful score is in the sure hands of Met music director James Levine. Soprano Marlis Petersen portrays the title role in this new production. Reserve tickets at 604-885-4597.
Nutcracker
Tickets for the fourth annual production of Coasting Along Theatre Society (CATS)’s The Nutcracker go on sale to the general public Saturday, Nov. 21. Tickets can be purchased at Scotiabank in Sechelt from Nov. 21 until sold out. Or call the CATS box office at 604-989-6050 to place your ticket order. The box office staff will mail your tickets to you and, new this year, they take credit cards.
The Nutcracker will be presented at the Raven’s Cry Theatre in Sechelt. There are six performances: opening night Dec. 19 at 8 p.m., Dec. 20 and 21 at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., and Dec. 22, the final show, at 2 p.m. More about this lavish production later.
Artists support
A silent auction with all proceeds going to the Gibsons Wildlife Rehab Centre has 300-plus items including donated works of art by local artists for this worthwhile cause. It’s on Nov. 27 and Nov. 28 at Sunnycrest Mall by the Gibsons Way entrance. This year a new book is for sale, Wildlife Rehabilitation, Stories of Compassionate Care written by Rhonda Skinner, including stories from Irene Davy of the Wildlife Centre.
Stone workshop
Rock’n Art Gallery, Gibsons, will host a stone sculpting workshop for adult beginners and intermediates on the weekend of Nov. 28 and 29 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Participants will learn how to sketch, model in clay and carve their own piece made of soft stone to bring home. Instructor Don Watson has been commissioned to create multiple unique sculptures for celebrities ad collectors. He enjoys sharing his passion with small groups of students around the wood fireplace in his gallery. To register call 604-886-6591 or email [email protected]
